When comparing Trello vs myPoli: Fun & Motivational Task List with Calendar, the Slant community recommends Trello for most people. In the question“What are the best to-do list apps for Android?”Trello is ranked 3rd while myPoli: Fun & Motivational Task List with Calendar is ranked 33rd. The most important reason people chose Trello is:

There are two primary columns: the board is shown on the left and all the other controls on the right. The main means of interaction is dragging and dropping to-do cards into the various lists.
The board structure is very customizable, and includes a variety of features that help along the way: color-coding, due dates, card images, checklists with a graphics bar that allows following progress easily, and card aging for cards that haven’t been touched in a long time.

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Simple and easy to use interface

There are two primary columns: the board is shown on the left and all the other controls on the right. The main means of interaction is dragging and dropping to-do cards into the various lists.

The board structure is very customizable, and includes a variety of features that help along the way: color-coding, due dates, card images, checklists with a graphics bar that allows following progress easily, and card aging for cards that haven’t been touched in a long time.

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Great real-time team collaboration features

Trello has permissions at the board level as well as the ability to assign multiple people to each card. There are a lot of sharing options available and boards can be made visible for the public. It's also possible to subscribe to a card to be notified of its progress. The simplicity of the UI makes collaboration easy because it’s very simple to see the progress of each card and who is responsible for it. It also updates constantly to reflect real-time changes in progress.

The simplicity of the UI makes collaboration easy as it’s very simple to see the progress of each card and who is responsible for it. It also reflect changes on boards in real-time.

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Free for unlimited users

Trello offers a very generous free version that has no ads, no restrictions on the number of users, and very little restriction on how the program can be used. The paid features are generally cosmetic, such as the ability to change the background, add stickers or integration with other tools.

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Highly flexible workflow

Trello calls items used in the workflow “cards.” Cards are double-sided and can contain subtasks as well as notes and other details.

Card columns can be used to simulate a workflow by moving cards from left to right as they are completed, or as a way of indicating task priority.

The workflow is highly flexible as the columns are completely customizable to suit the task flow. For example, tasks can be put through a workflow "idea > approved > in-progress > pending review > released" or simply "ideas > released" depending on the granularity level needed.

This makes Trello a great solution to feature management as it's possible to set up boards to handle everything from agile sprints to a more generic to-do list, all with status management.

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Functionality can be extended via plug-ins

Voting, view, and calendar plug-ins further increase the functionality.

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Works well for visual thinkers

The UI is based around Kanban, so you can see all your tasks and their status clearly.

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Excellent for groups using agile software development

The responsiveness and layers of customization make it easy for team members of various disciplines to collaborate on the same task board.

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Markdown support with well-rendered images

Trello supports Markdown, meaning that HTML input is represented appropriately. Cards with attachments are also rendered well. For example, images are shown correctly on the card, bug links are detected etc.

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Sub-tasks

Each card can have one or even multiple task lists.

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Attach files to cards

Keep all of your files (images, documents, etc.) organized on their relevant cards.

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Great native app for Android and iOS

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Good performance

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Cross-platform and cross-sync

Trello works on all modern devices through the web application and has native apps for iOS, Android and Windows 8/10 devices.

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Features to add voting on cards

Trello offers support for features to add voting on cards, often referred to as 'power-ups'.

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Easy-to-use

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Smooth media integration

Works like a charm.

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Lots of API integrations

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Action history log allows you to rapidly follow changes

There is a global history system which allows to rapidly follow changes. There is also a notification system if another user updates the board while you're watching it.

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Great prioritization, Due date and Story point features

Can set different priorities to various tasks, set appropriate due dates and Story points - timing allotted to each task.

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Additional motivation with a Pet

You can choose your own Pet and feed him/her. Additional bonuses are given when your Pet is healthy (that is, you do your tasks).

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Motivational Quotes

Let's you start your day with a motivating Quote and a beautiful image

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Calendar sync

Synchronizes with all my calendars (Outlook, Google, Apple etc)

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Device sync

Syncs my data with all my Android devices

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Clean dark transparent Widget

The widget allows you to quickly complete, add or view a task, review your schedule or see how your Pet is doing

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Big and cute Reminders

Reminders are overlayed over your other apps so you don't forget to do anything

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Simple scheduling

Schedule & reschedule your ToDos on your calendar or set reminders and color

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Combines your ToDos, Events & Habits

All your tasks in one place for easy tracking

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Easy to use UI

Very clean and minimalistic design. The pets are amazing!

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Ad-free

No ads, whatsoever

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Cons

Con

Subtasks lack features

Every task can have a list of subtasks which more closely resembles a standard to-do list.These lack the functions that cards offer you. You cannot comment on a sub-list, give the sub-tasks due dates, or provide additional information. You are limited to only checking them off once completed.

Con

Managing large projects may be difficult

Trello works best with medium to small projects and with very high-level overviews. It is less effective for projects that require very granular management due to the fact that it becomes considerably more difficult to keep track of various cards and priorities as they are pushed off the screen.

Con

Can't get one view of cards across all boards

However, you can view all cards assigned to you.

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Not really a to do list

Trello is much more a workflow and project management program than a typical to-do app, which makes it overwhelmingly robust for those looking to jot down their shopping list.

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No multi-board aggregation

If you have multiple boards with tasks on them there is no way to get all the tasks on one board in a way that changes on one board will update the other.

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Can't create dependencies between cards

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Project management system only

This is cumbersome to get started.

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Data is locked into Trello. Board

It can be exported in Trello’s own data format, JSON, which is not usable in other programs such as Excel.

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No quick deadline assignment

You have to open a Calendar every time to set a date without any quick options like today, tomorrow etc.

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You can't add more than 1 Power Up without paying for it

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Impossible to use Pomodoro timer connected to Trello on iOS

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Light on features

Trello is focused on simplicity and as such forgoes certain common features that may or may not be important to you.

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No way to do share tasks/goals with friends

Currently, there is no way to share your achievements or entire Challenges with friends or family.

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